No Trident replacement!
£83.5 billion to buy a like-for-like replacement for Britain’s Trident nuclear-armed submarines — the Tories say they still want to spend it, despite saying there is no money for hospitals, schools and benefits! The Lib-Dems say there could be a cheaper option. The government coalition plans no decision this side of a 2015 election. The media report hints that Ed Miliband and Labour will go for the cheaper-nuclear-weapons option. Yet nuclear weapons, even cheaper, can only “defend” by threatening mass murder of civilians. Labour should oppose them outright. 93 MPs have signed an Early Day...